Pedal for automatically-operated pianos.



A Patented oct. 13,1908. :if

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JosE sAMrERE, OE NEW YORK, N Y., `A ssIGNOE To THE REGINA OOMPANY,1OF'RAHwAY,

NEW JEEsEY,A CORPORATION oF-NEW JERSEY.

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resem-.ed oet. i3, 190s.

v Application Hed June 15, 1907 Idil-LINO. 379,117.

To all 'it'may e`nfibe1-n`: i

Be it known that I, J osE SAMPERE, subject ough of Manhattan, city,county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and. usefulImprovements Pedals for Automatically-Operated Pianos, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to automatically operated pianos and moreparticularly tothe pedals' thereof, which operate`the bellows and hasfor its objectl to simplify and improve `the construction of such pedalsand make them easily and conveniently folds-ble;

My invention'will be fully described hereinafter Vand the features ofnovelty will be pointed out in the appended claims.

Reference is to b e liadto the accompanyiniv drawing in which igure' lnisA a side elevation of my-improveddevice and Fig; 2 is a frTontelevation thereof. i f A represents the usualwin'd chest, 'with whichareconnectedthe bellows B and C. .This wind chest also has a short pipesection D adapted to be connected with the pneu matic action and maybesupported on stand-V ards'E secured. to or resting/on the base board Fof the piano.

G represents the feeders which are also connected `v 'ithv1the wind.chest and so mounted as to leave thehi'ember G free to be moved backand -forth in the usual manner. An L sha ed member H is attached to thismember and is provided with a shoulder I-I. A linkI is pivoted to thisAmember H at' I and is provided with'a nose I? and`a"shoulder Iathe'purpose of which will be moreclearly pointed "out hereinafter. Thelink I is pivotallysecured 4at J to a lever J which is pivot-ed at 4J2to an earor u o the pedals K.' The lever J is provided with an extensionJ3. adapted forgengage` ment with a pin I* on the link I. y

-f L are feet or standards which are pivoted at ,Lf to lugs Ir'vwhich'are secured to the fpedals' K near the heel end thereof. Rods'vM` form-part of or are attachedto the feet. or standards L and havetheir other ends l ivoted at M to'projections N which are stened to -thestationary portion of the the shoulders H and I sind may simply7 haveends abutting against these shoulders and com 'K, which lug is fastenedto the toe endv ,eders G. A spring O is located between or the'shoulders ma be provided with socketsin which Athe e of the King ofSpain, resident of the bors of thespring fit. v With the parts in theposition shown in Fig. 1 the pedals are swung on the pivots L and th'e'movable members of the lfeeders 60 moved 'back and forth. During thisoperation the spring O will tend to press the 'link I'u ward and theextension J s of thelever J wil en age the pin I* and maintain the linklI and .ever J in rigid relation or substantially in alinenient witheachother,"that is, the link and lever are revented from breaking at thejoint J f it is now desired to fold the pedals intov their inoperativeosi'- tion,'the person using the instrument p aces 'l0 his toe under the-heel end of one of the pedals and lifts thus swinging the pedals vupward-with will cause the lever -J and link I to 'break joint at the pointJ andhe Vtoe end of the pedals will be vprojected downwardly and thepedals will thus be folded'into a small act compass. With myimprovedconstruction it is unnecessary to stoop down .to foldV thecanentirely accomplished by means of thefeet.

Various modilications may be made withi out departing fnon'i the natureof my invention as denedin the claims. vIclaixn-zV -v` 1.' Thecombinationl of the bellows, pedals for operatingsa'id bellows,twomembers pivotally connected lwitheach other andi pivotally connectedwith the bellowsandpedals respectively and means for maintaining the twomembers in rigid relation' to each ,other Y `when the pedals areoperated. v Y v 2f The combinat'onbf, the-bellows, l the pedal, thelink, one end of which is pivotcd 95 i to the movable member of thebellow'sthe lever one end of which is pivoted to the pedal, the otherends 'of saidlink and lever being connected pivotally with each other; asto relatively to the leveryin one direction in their bellows-operatingposition anda spring having a tendency to keep the link audlever in saidposition.

nected with said link, apedal pivotally connected with said lever andmeans for pre-v venting said link and lever frombeing flexed during'theoperation of the'pedal. y 1

the pivots M as a center, This pedals as the folding operation 80 forpreventing the link from turning 1( 3. The combination of the bellows,alink 1* pivotally connected therewith,a lever con- 4. The combinationofv the bellows, ai forl connected Wlth each other and Wardly projectingmember. secured thereto, a link pivoted to said member, a on 'saidpivotally connected With thev other end of said lever and asprihinterpos'etlbetwcen Said member and said ink'for maintaining said linkand lever in rigid relation with each other. l

5. The combination of the bellows, a pedal, a flexible connectionbetween th bellows and the pedal comprising two members pivotally Itively, means for preventing said connection from bending in onedirection and yielding means for n'iainta'ning tlie two members of saidconnection substantially in alinement with each other during theoperation of the pedal.

In testimony my band this l2 day of J une 1907. JOSE SAMPERE.

tnesses JOHN A. KEHLENBHCK, FREDA. KIEIN.

whereof, I have hereto set

